[stevenswall]

I would not get a colored earphone for the S9. I would instead get an Etymotic Mc5, which sounds more natural than any other at this price. This gives you a sense of realism in your music, after which you can use the EQ to increase bass, treble, ect to you taste. I listened to the Monster Turbine PRO Gold at CanJam... to me the bass sounded thunky and slow, and the rest of the spectrum was neither accurate, nor musical, and for $200, you can easily find an earphone that caters to either of these ideologies, or in the case of a Cowon S9 + Mc5 (my most used earphone) you can have both by using the EQ, all with the best noise isolation in the industry.

 

[soldiersixteen]

what do you mean that sflo2 has a dedicated line out?
dont all mp3 players have a line out?
also does it matter what file type my music is in?

 

[straden]

dedicated line out is output that bypasses builtin amp unlike headphone out. 

 

[soldiersixteen]

oh ok.
so the dedicated LO is better than the normal 3.55mm port since it goes through a builtin amp?
does cowon s9/j3 have one of these?

 

[straden]

no... line out is to skip built in amp... to use external amp which should be better than one inside...
so line out has no volume control, instead uses amp's or some external device's volume control
if you plan not to use any external device like amp... you dont need line out
 
I have cowon d2 , iphone, rockboxed fuze...
value per dollar wise... fuze is superior...
I paid 20 bucks for fuze 4gb and it sounds on par if not better than my d2 which I paid 150 bucks... (to my ears anyway)
only thing is that fuze was refurbished unit and maybe because of that battery life is way shorter than other players...
 
If I can start all over, I would spend less than 40bucks by getting fuze and get nice IEM with rest of money...
with about 250 bucks..  you can aim for high end universal iem? forgot prices but maybe used um3x / ck 10??

 

[soldiersixteen]

i think i am pretty much set on cowon j3/s9.
I just need to find a good pair of earphone for around 100dollars.
 
Is the Klipsch image s4 any good? It is one the top selling earphones on amazon.

 

[straden]

panny 900, klipsch custom 3 ?

 

[soldiersixteen]

klipsch custom 3 is available for only $109 and its orignal price is $299.
 
Do you think i should get it? is it worth it?
or is brainwavz m3 better for someone who is new into audiophile earphones?

 

[soldiersixteen]

anyone?

 

[Lex]

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anyone?

 
Bueller?
 

 

[soldiersixteen]

what?

 

[Lex]

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what?

 
humorous 80's cultural reference

 

[tds101]

My old nickname from the 80's (thanks for the memories bro):
 

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Bueller?
 

 

[soldiersixteen]

so you gonna help me?

 

[tds101]

Panasonic RP-HJE900 - my recommendation for IEM's, as they're inexpensive for the SQ they produce (compare to $300.00 IEM's), the build quality is for beyond the price they ask for them, and they look and feel spectacular.